The Constitution of the Republic of Korea, the supreme law of South Korea, was ratified on 12 July 1948 and promulgated five days later, and has been amended nine times, most recently in a wholesale 1987 revision. It comprises ten chapters and 130 articles setting out political, economic, cultural and defense principles alongside citizens' basic rights and duties and the structure of government, and it establishes a unitary presidential republic with an executive led by a president and prime minister, a unicameral National Assembly, and a judiciary including both a Constitutional Court and a Supreme Court.
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1. Wikipedia: Constitution of South Korea
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The Constitution of the Republic of Korea is the supreme law of South Korea.
2. Wikidata: Constitution of South Korea
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The Constitution of the Republic of Korea is the supreme law of South Korea.
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It was promulgated on 17 July 1948, and was amended nine times with the last revision of the constitution amended on 29 October 1987.
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